Dr. Manna did his graduation in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Mysore University & his Masters of Engineering in Power & Machines from Thapar University, Patiala and Ph.D. in Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering from SLIET, Longowal.

Dr. Manna handles additional duties as Incharge of AICTE- SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), which is the World's Largest MOOCs Platform for Learners free of cost, Incharge NEQIP (North-East Quality Improvement Program) and Incharge of the AICTE- South West Region Office, Kerala. He has also served AICTE as Director University Bureau for 2 years.

He has been conferred with the 'Bharat Excellence Award' with a 'Gold Medal' by the Former Election Commissioner of India at IIC, New Delhi in 2014. He is also a recipient of 'Shreshth Aacharya Award-2011', 'Best Citizens of India Award-2014' from FFI, New Delhi, 'Outstanding Faculty Award-2015 VIFFA' at Chennai, 'Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar-2015' from CEGR, New Delhi and Facilitation as Excellent Contribution in Education Sector from Minister of State of Human Resource and Development, India.

Dr. Manna has published 140+ Research Publications for leading National and International Journals.